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The Last Flight
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AndyC »
Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:20 pm
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This choked me up:
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Great story.
I had a slightly similar experience several years ago. I was working as the stage manager for a university and there was a large...
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Last post by olafpfj
Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:02 am
Pearland women killed in home invasion
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philip964 »
Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:12 am
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A Pearland women was killed by a robber with a gun. She had enough time to call her security company who alerted police and a neighbor who reported...
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Given the articles I can find, I think this was a single incident - with the male homeowner being the one shot. The first story just mixed the...
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Last post by terryg
Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:05 pm
Obama rally streaker bared all for $1 million bet
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i8godzilla »
Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:49 pm
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I have no idea what to say. However, for $1M, I might have to think about it............
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Are you saying that finally something connected to Obama has put some money into the hands of someone not connected to the government or a car...
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Last post by StewNTexas
Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:10 am
Gary, IN Police Officer Shoots Self, Partner "On Accident"
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UpTheIrons »
Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:51 pm
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Reserve Police Officer puts a magazine in his brand-new Glock 22, puts his hand over the barrel and the weapon discharged . The round went through...
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Yeah, I shoulda known better, as I am the usual Grammar Nazi around here and other parts...
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Last post by UpTheIrons
Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:08 am
I am an angry white man
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by
fannypacker »
Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:19 pm
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Does anyone else hate the TV ads that poke fun at white guys? The latest one in N. TX shows a fat white guy with a fat belly being vibrated in a...
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Well, considering most white guys these days are nothing more than women in mens bodies, it is understandable...
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Last post by Texas Dan Mosby
Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:01 pm
VA Loan RANT
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by
CrimsonSoul »
Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:58 pm
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Just ranting to get stuff off of my chest. I applied for a VA loan and got a letter saying that I could get one from the VA through my mortgage...
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That was done thanks to the credit card overhaul bill Obama got passed last year. Just about all credit card companies have done that due to...
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Last post by Kythas
Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:31 pm
NC: Soldier shot and wounded in hotel
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seamusTX »
Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:15 pm
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, a soldier from Ft. Bragg was shot and seriously injured in a hotel room.
The soldier was one...
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:leaving
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Last post by duckhead
Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:52 pm
The day has come
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RPBrown »
Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:45 am
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We leave for Galveston about noon :thewave . Meeting up with some of my kids for dinner then to the hotel.Boarding the ship tomrrow for a 7 day...
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That's a pretty broad endorsement. rlol
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:19 am
Old Buddy is a Veteran - Needs Help & Advice
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by
McKnife »
Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:46 pm
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This is a long, difficult and confusing story but I am in need of advice to help a veteran soldier.
I met a kind, quiet gentleman last year and we...
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Thanks for sharing that. It touched my heart. It's good to see the VA trying to find alternative ways of caring for older, disabled vets. In my...
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Last post by baldeagle
Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:43 am
New Aaron Lewis song
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jhuntsman »
Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:55 pm
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New song by Aaron Lewis...he'll be coming out with an album featuring Hank Williams Jr., George Jones and Charlie Daniels :drool:
album news -...
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Great Tune!!! :clapping:
Thanks for posting this one! :thumbs2:
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Last post by NOS
Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:56 am
Keeping it Simple
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by boba » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:20 pm
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Is there a state that has the following characteristics?
No front license plate for cars and trucks
Simple CHL requirements
Inexpensive new...
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Matter of preference perhaps.
I like my bugs on a plate,
not
all up in mah grill
but YMMV
(Sorry, I have nothing to offer on this thread, but...
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Last post by RPB
Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:33 am
Does anyone here raise goats?
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by
gregthehand »
Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:59 pm
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I know it's REALLY off topic but this is the only forum I really frequent. I'm looking to buy land in the next year or so and I want to raise some...
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Does anyone here raise goats? In answer to your question, N-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-h!
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Last post by puma guy
Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:23 pm
veteran needs help
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tauruspt145 »
Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:38 pm
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My recently aquired brother inlaw, was a marine in iraq and suffer's greatly from ptsd he is in the woodlands spring area. I do not know where to...
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An organization I hadn't before heard of came to my attention the other day and I thought of your brother-in-law.
They have a branch that pairs...
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Last post by Hoi Polloi
Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:47 pm
Happy Birthday to surprise_i'm_armed !
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by
USA1 »
Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:29 am
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Happy Birthday SIA !!
Didn't know what kinda cake you liked, so I gottem all. ;-)
Hope you have a good one !
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You got it bud. ;-)
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Last post by USA1
Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:01 pm
It's The Annoyed Man's Birthday !
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USA1 »
Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:02 am
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I had you a cake but there was an incident once all the candles were lit.
So you'll just have to settle for this...
Happy Birthday Buddy!...
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You got that right.
C-dub, the Elm fork shoot was a lot of fun for everyone I think.
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:22 pm
Joke a friend passed on - how to live to a ripe, old age
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Hoi Polloi »
Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:34 pm
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A tough, old cowboy once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal...
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A guy walks into a bar and sits next to man wearing interesting attire.
He asks what's with the outfit.
The guy says it is his work clothes....
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Last post by hoot
Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:42 pm
The skunk got away
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JJVP »
Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:20 pm
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How exactly do you load a rifle with the butt of the rifle on the ground and the barrel pointing at your face? :banghead:
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oops,
Seems they could use some NRA Rifle Instruction. ;-)
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Last post by 10Shooter
Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:27 pm
Homemade documentary on gun control
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JJVP »
Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:02 pm
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An Alabama girl wrote, produced and directed a documentary Peaceful Betrayal a film on the history of gun control around the world and its effect on...
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:iagree:
I'd like to see it at movie night at the Universities :thumbs2:
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Last post by RPB
Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:11 pm
This Day In Texas History - June 30
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by
joe817 »
Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:04 pm
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1832 - In 1832, attorney William Barret Travis and his law partner were jailed by Mexican Colonel John (Juan) Bradburn, commander at the Mexican fort...
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Not for long. The owner, Landry's, announced yesterday that it will be demolished because it is beyond economically feasible repair.
An amusement...
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Last post by seamusTX
Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:52 am
Thanks to Charles
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jamisjockey »
Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:56 pm
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Just completed the CHL class yesterday with Mr. Cotton.
Fantastic class!
I just wanted to publicly thank him for putting on a great class. Now to...
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Charles does an excellent class.
Now your next step is to make it to the TexasCHLforum Day at PSC later this month.
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Last post by bnc
Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:14 pm
Hotel Discounts?
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pbwalker »
Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:19 pm
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I'm taking my wife to NYC for our 5th Anniversary this October...and thanks to taking a bump here or there, I was able to get two round trip tickets...
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I just thought I'd bring this one back again...Priceline is failing me.
Anyone have the hookup? Buddy passes? I'm happy to pay :lol:
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Last post by pbwalker
Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:15 pm
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Last post by G.A. Heath
Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:35 am
Shooting with heart disease info
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by
Tass »
Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:58 pm
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Question for folks: Anyone have experience with participating in activities like shooting with heart-failure type issues? Specifically, when fatigue...
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The only real problem I have is not being able to shoot long guns of any large caliber any more. I grew up shooting them, and shot a lot in the USMC...
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Last post by StewNTexas
Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:54 am
Question for bowhunters - and their kids
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UpTheIrons »
Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:34 pm
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I almost put this in the hunting sub-forum, but thought it would get wider play here.
Our kids (8 and 10) are itching to have their own bows, so...
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Some game is not bow friendly especially the smarter critters. I heard of someone in virginia who hunted turkey with a bow. Took him12 years to draw...
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Last post by psijac
Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:57 pm
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by cbr600 » Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:50 pm
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The recession is over if people have money for toys like that. :woohoo
Maybe I should stop school and invent something funny like that and be rich....
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Last post by Ameer
Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:26 pm
Dallas Toll Roads
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by
G26ster »
Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:28 pm
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I don't have a toll tag on my car, so when I went to the Allen Gun Show and the prior show in McKinney I took both the 121 toll road and the 161 toll...
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It becomes a toll road from just above the Lewisville business exit (north of Bass Pro in Grapevine) and points north. Below that, it is not a toll...
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:05 am
This Day In Texas (Seguin) History
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ELB »
Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:44 pm
This Day actually being 26 September rather than 3 October, but the newspaper article about this event did not come out until today's Sunday edition....
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Last post by ELB
Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:44 pm
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Last post by Hoi Polloi
Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:49 pm
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Teamless »
Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:47 am
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Saturday,October 9, 2010 is a charity event benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Bumped
Reminder, this event is next Saturday and is a great cause!
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Last post by Teamless
Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:49 pm
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Last post by RPB
Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:19 am
Dallas Police Dash Cam Video of Beating
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Medic218 »
Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:50 pm
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I did a search and couldnt find anything on this so if its a repost Im sorry.
If you havent seen the video or dont know what Im talking about you...
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Fair enough! I can get behind a single club strike for that. :thumbs2:
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Last post by Russell
Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:20 pm
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Last post by TxKimberMan
Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:04 pm
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Last post by TxD
Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:34 pm
Style over Substance
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by
tacticool »
Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:01 pm
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Medal of Honor winner Vernon Baker was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on Friday. His...
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Yes. The MOH recipient.
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Last post by Purplehood
Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:15 am
Domestic terrorists? Or what?
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b322da »
Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:30 am
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Here is an article in Time magazine which some may find of interest.
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Elmo
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There was no threat until the batfe(can't finish the word) attacked the innocents.
Anygun
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Last post by anygunanywhere
Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:32 pm
Ed Head
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tacticool »
Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:08 pm
Does anyone know anything about Ed Head leaving Gunsite?
(still up, for now)
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Last post by tacticool
Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:08 pm
No Soliciting Signs and People Who Ignore Them
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by
tfrazier »
Mon May 18, 2009 9:00 pm
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Back when I was a night shift patrolman and had to sleep during the day, I always was eager to welcome door-to-door salesmen into my home when they...
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While his response was inappropriate, I did to door to door sales for about a month and understand the frustrations of that line of work.
That being...
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Last post by 74novaman
Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:06 pm
Intentional Unconcelament?
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by
Keith B »
Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:10 pm
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Wonder if I could get in trouble if I carried one of these bags? LOL
They are real and actually promoting the books of Belgian crime novelist...
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School bookstores would never do it but a student organization can do it to help the empty holster protests.
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Last post by Ameer
Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:26 pm
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Last post by E.Marquez
Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:48 pm
Lest Seamus think Galveston has all the excitement...
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ELB »
Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:22 pm
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Seguin, population about 27K has been having a one-man crime wave for the last month. Since 4 July at least eight people have been robbed by a...
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Oxycodone and methamphetamine abuse have opened the gates of Hades.
- Jim
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Last post by seamusTX
Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:04 pm
This is a fast draw!!
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by
Bob in Big D »
Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:37 pm
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Pity the BG that tries to outdraw this guy.
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Wasn't he featured on The History Channel show Stan Lee's Superhumans recently???
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:fire
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Last post by TxA
Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:57 am
SMU
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by
Lonest4r »
Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:26 pm
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Are there any other Southern Methodist University students or alumni on this forum?
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I'm graduating this year with a BSME, and I'm applying to medical school. Nice to hear from some alumni.
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Last post by Lonest4r
Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:03 am
World War One officially ends on Sunday Oct 3, 2010
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by
TxD »
Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:30 pm
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Germany is set to pay the last of reparations to the Allies.
Bet ya didn't know that.
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Here's something else I didn't know. onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
:leaving
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Last post by cbr600
Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:50 pm
Gangs and prison time.
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Beiruty »
Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:10 pm
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Anyone who watched Gangland TV series would immediately notice that the jailed gang members are like in boarding school, easy life and huge company...
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Japan's prisons are stark, barely heated, and though sentences seem short you serve every day of your sentence.
Their recidivism rate is extremely...
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Last post by Rex B
Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:55 pm
be careful out there
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hoot »
Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:41 am
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Another reason to be careful out there.
You can color me naive or greedy or hopeful. But now you might color me knowledgeable.
I was pursued by a...
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Only lawyers and fast food joints get paid up front. Got it?
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Last post by Oldgringo
Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:58 pm
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Last post by elwood blooz
Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:53 pm
I like guns
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Oldgringo »
Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:47 am
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This guy likes his guns.
CAUTION: the h word appears in his song.
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It'd a fun video to watch...
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Last post by pbwalker
Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:07 am
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Last post by Dan20703
Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:56 pm
Opinions on US citizenship question
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AndyC »
Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:45 pm
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I'm sending in my papers to convert from Green Card to US Citizenship - I'm eligible to apply as from tomorrow.
I'm slightly puzzled by one...
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Understood.
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Last post by maxlib
Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:23 pm
A James Bond Worthy Pocket Protector
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RPB »
Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:29 am
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A James Bond Worthy Pocket Protector
Kevlar, but not nerd-wear
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Someone bought some kevlar fabric and...
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But wouldn't that clash with the Hawaiian shirt. :biggrinjester:
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Last post by skub
Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:59 am
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